Technology & Telecommunications

The technology and telecommunications sectors are constantly evolving so real estate must be malleable and flexible. Our Technology & Telecommunications Sector Group helps clients navigate the complex challenges presented by real estate in a rapidly changing environment; helping clients to constantly ‘right-size’ their footprint while keeping open options for future expansion.

We can either streamline entire property portfolios for maximum flexibility and efficiency, or satisfy a specific property requirement as part of a one-off transaction. In all cases our role is to align real estate solutions with business objectives and industry realities.

Some of the real estate challenges specific to the technology and telecommunications sectors Include:

This sector has remained fairly resilient in light of the global slowdown

How Can We Add Value?

While certain themes apply across the whole sector, all businesses have unique objectives and requirements. We adapt sector-specific experience and market knowledge with each individual client’s needs to find solutions that help meet key challenges; all the while structuring a flexible portfolio that utilizes space both efficiently and cost-effectively.

Our team of professionals include a mix of designers, project managers, change managers, facilities managers, transaction specialists and business consultants whose skills are combined to meet your varied and complex requirements across the globe. Some of the services we provide are:

Consulting

From real estate due diligence for merger and acquisition activity, to location analysis and portfolio optimisation programmes, we help you deliver against your business objectives while reducing risk.

Corporate strategy

We help you optimise the value of your property while considering the impact on your firm’s balance sheet; implementing everything from global lease administration, lease abstraction and database management to strategic analysis and decision-making support.

Transaction management

Our transaction specialists can advise and facilitate smoother transactions, whether it’s a full property search and relocation or simply a lease renewal.

Project and change management

We help you deliver real estate projects on time, within budget, to specification and in keeping with organizational and people objectives. Our team can help you manage the implementation of projects – from fit-outs to new builds – as well as the impact on your operations and people, through extensive move management and change management services. Other services include design, project monitoring and consulting.

Facilities management

We use best-in-class processes, procedures, and technology to ensure your work environments are safe and highly-productive. Our teams help you balance costs, manage and mitigate operational risk, and achieve client Corporate Social Responsibility goals through progressive sustainability and energy management programs.

Sustainability

We help to reduce the environmental impact of your property to comply with legislation and to save costs.

Experience and Resources

Our technology and telecommunications clients benefit from an experienced team, including sector specialists in markets across Asia, the Americas, Europe and the Middle East; all backed by our global network of nearly 15,000 employees worldwide and our industry-leading technology and collaboration platforms. We work with a broad range of clients within the technology and telecommunications sector, including Adobe, Microsoft, BMC Software, Teradata, Brocade, Symantec, NXP and Telstra International.

Corporate real estate (CRE) leaders around the world are focused on strategies to attract and retain superior employees and help enhance their productivity. At the same time, they must continually find ways to reduce occupancy costs. The overriding challenge is to balance these two goals, which are often in opposition to one another.

The 2017 Asia Pacific Banking Report identifies a number of occupier and investment trends across Asia Pacific and assesses their likely impact on market conditions and investment performance in the Banking, Financial Services and Insurance (BSFI) industry in 2017 and beyond.